Horseshoe



A. M. TRUAX.

Horseshoe.

m 228,492. Patented June 8,1880.

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N.PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON u C UNTTED STATES PATENTOFFIcE.

AMOS M. TRUAX, OF OXFORD, OHIO.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,492, dated June 8,1880.

Application filed December 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMOS M. TRUAX, of OX- ford, in the county of Butlerand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorseshoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which Figurel is a perspective View of the shoe; Fig. 2, an end view, looking fromthe heel; Fig. 3, a crossseetion through line 00 0c of Fig. 4, lookingin the direction of the arrow; Fig. 4, a bottom view, and Fig. 5 asection through line y y of Fig. 4.

My invention relates to horseshoes, and has for its object the formationof a shoe that will expand the foot, keep the same moist, and lessen thejar on the horses shoulders in his movements and to the accomplishmentthereof it consists in the substantial construction hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letterA indicates the quarters of theshoe; B, the bevel on the edge of the inner face, which bevel, in thisinstance, is made narrower than in the ordinary shoe; 0, the toe-calk;D, the heels, and E, a plate applied to the top and rear part of theshoe, so as to form a part thereof and in the construction of whichplate my invention consists. This plate is of metal, and is formed witha curved and elevated rear portion, a, a depressed front portion, 1),and sloping heels 0. The depressed front bis represented as being sunkat the edge below the plane of the shoe, while the portions 0, whichoverlie and are attached to the heels of the shoe, incline or slopeoutward,'the slope being gradual from or near the front edge of theplate back to the extremities of the heels, at which points'the platesuddenly rises into the rounded elevation seen at a, all aselearlyindicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying drawings. Thisplate can be struck up, stamped, molded, beaten, or otherwise made intothe shape described, and is welded or otherwise joined to the top faceof the rear portion of the shoe.

When the shoe is applied to the foot the frog rests on the portion 1) ofthe plate, while the curved portion a fits into the space back of thefrog, affording a support for the 'foot at that point, and the heel ofthe foot rests on the portions of the plate overlying the heels of theshoe.

By supporting the frog and other parts of the foot at the severalpoints, as just indicated, the depressed portion of the plate is causedto give to the frog of the foot that same presshorse, and to prevent thesame in the feet of 5 a horse not so, and to prevent and also curequarter and toe cracks and corns, and to lessen the jar on the shoulder.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A horseshoe providedwith a metallic plate, E, formed, as described, with elevated rear a andheels 0 and depressed front I), for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

, AMOS M. TRUAX.

Witnesses OHAs. WRIGHT, PALMER W. SMITH.

